Templates Manager for SharePoint comes
in
two editions and three packages:
The modern Client extension
The Sandboxed solution, which can be installed with
a WPS file or with a PowerShell script
All Templates Manager packages are included in the
subscription, so you can use them as you like. They have
the same version number and features.
The installation also adds buttons for templates library
creation.
Supported SharePoint versions
File type
2013
2016
2019
SE
Online
.spppkg
No
No
No
No
Yes
.wsp
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
.ps1
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Client Extension
The client extension is very easy to manage, so this is
the edtion we recommend you to use if possible. Unfortunately,
it currently only supports modern experience libraries in
SharePoint Online.
Sometimes you hear that Microsoft has deprecated sandboxed
solutions, but that is not true. What has been deprecated
is custom code in sandboxed solutions, but the kalmstrom.com
SharePoint solutions do not contain such code. Instead our
products build on no-code sandboxed solutions, which Microsoft
will continue to support.
The Sandboxed solution can be installed in two ways:
Upload the WSP file to the root site of a site collection
and activate it. Now, Templates Manager will
be available in that root site and all subsites, but
the feature must be activated on each site where it
should be used.
Modify and run the PowerShell script. THis is is
the quickest method to install and upgrade Templates
Manager in multiple sites, but you should have some
earlier experience of PowerShell to use it.
The Sandboxed solution uses the same folders whether you
use the WSP or PowerShell method to install Templates
Manager, so you can very well upgrade the WSP installations
with the PowerShell script and vice versa.
